How a voting law ignited a culture war
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🗓️ 8 April 2021
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| 0:19.0 | Last month, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a new voting bill into law. |
| 0:24.0 | And since then, the controversy over the bill has escalated. |
| 0:27.6 | Opponents of the law call it an attack on voting rights that limits voting access, especially for minority groups. |
| 0:34.0 | The Kemp and other Republicans in Georgia insist to be opposite that the law expands voter access. |
| 0:40.2 | In response to this law, Major League Baseball announced it would be finding a new location for its all-star game, which was scheduled to be played in Atlanta this July. |
| 0:49.6 | And Georgia-based corporations like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines have been publicly critical of the law after Boycotts threatened their operations. |
| 0:57.8 | Now, Republicans are condemning those corporations, an unusual position for the historically pro-business party. |
| 1:05.2 | Meanwhile, at the White House, President Biden has offered some nuanced messaging in all of this. |
| 1:10.2 | He's called the Georgia law sick and un-American, but he's also cautioned that Boycotts and canceled events could harm low-income workers. |
| 1:18.7 | So, where does the GOP stand now as it tries to grapple with the party's increasingly-fraying relationship with corporate America over social and cultural issues? |
| 1:28.5 | How will the White House and Democrats respond? |
| 1:31.1 | And does any of this actually change the Georgia law or the actions of other states as they consider similar election legislation? |
| 1:40.7 | This is can he do that, a podcast exploring the powers and limitations of American government in a time of deep division? |
| 1:47.9 | I'm Allison Michaels. |
| 1:54.3 | Amy Gardner reports on voting for the political enterprise and investigations team here at the Washington Post. |
| 2:00.2 | She spent much of the past year covering all things elections in Georgia. |
| 2:04.6 | I wanted to talk to her to get a clearer sense of what's in the bill. |
| 2:08.6 | The details have been met with so much controversy and political pushback. |
| 2:12.0 | It's been kind of hard to decipher the key pieces and their implications. |
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